Chapter 25: Recruiting The Man-demon Gin
A huge three-decker battleship sailed on the sea, with a black pirate flag flapping in the wind.
But there are not many people on board such a huge pirate ship. The only few people on board are busy pulling sails, looking out, steering, and even cleaning and cooking.
They didn't understand why Captain Basire didn't find more pirates but choose to torture them like this!
On the top deck.
Iron Wall Pearl, who has a bounty of 9 million, was covered in bandages and looked like a mummy. He has surrendered honestly. Even with a wound he was still sent to work, but because of the injury, he can only do a simple job like cleaning.
On the other hand, Gin had a silent expression on his face. The huge wound on his chest had only been bandaged briefly and was even bleeding. At this moment, he seemed to be still confused and had not opened his mouth to join the Big Daddy Pirates.
Perhaps he was missing Krieg, or perhaps he was waiting for Captain Basire to approach him and recruit him himself.
"I just saw that you had a bounty on your body and that you met the standards of a trainee crew member of my Big Daddy Pirates, so I took you two on board."
Although I like to force others, I will also give you a chance to choose.
Man-demon Gin, it is impossible to let you go. If you really don't want to join us, you can go to the stern of the ship and commit suicide by cutting your neck and jumping into the sea yourself, lest you make the deck dirty with your blood."
Basire didn't give Gin that much time for inner drama, and directly threw a dagger to him to let him see clearly what kind of reality it was.
Moreover, Basire knew that the current Gin, who had not experienced the defeat of the Grand Line, was just a brutal pirate who succumbed to power. He had no will of his own at all and would only pin his ambitions on the strong.
Basire didn't have time to engage in reformation now. After all, he still had to continue practicing. It is already a great honor for Gin that he wasted a little time on recruiting him, since he's nothing more than a defeated general.
Seeing Basire's unreasonable recruitment method made Nami next to them a little nervous. Because she didn't have a bounty on her body now, wouldn't that mean she wasn't even qualified to be a trainee crew member?
Is she really going to have to warm his bed?
However, it seems that the captain and Zoro don't have bounties on their heads either. Thinking of this, Nami felt a little relieved.
On the other hand, Kuro silently watched Basire's tactics of recruiting people. Basire was very patient when he recruited Eldoraggo before.
So why is he asking this Man-demon Gin to wipe his own neck now?
"...I didn't expect Captain Krieg to be so weak. He actually fell in the East Blue and didn't even realize his ambition to enter the Grand Line."
"So, can you show me your full strength? I don't want the captain whose ambition I have pinned on to fall on the road again! "
Gin looked at the dagger on the ground, his eyes began to recover, and he slowly raised his head to look at Basire. He hadn't realized his ambition, and he didn't want to die just yet.
However, he still found a reason and a step for himself. He was only willing to surrender to the strong.
Moreover, he really doesn't want to betray a second time!
Before Krieg died, he was indeed loyal, but after Krieg died, the ambition he had placed on him disappeared, which made him unable to accept it for a while. He was constantly torn between revenge, surrender and survival.
Now Basire directly used a dagger to make him see reality clearly. It turned out that he really didn't want to die. He doesn't have the courage to commit suicide!
"Putting your ambition on the captain? Then you must also be ambitious and capable of catching up with me. Otherwise, people who are too weak cannot always follow me!"
'Barrier Giant Sword: Mountain Splitting!'
Basire looked at Gin, raised his right hand slightly and a 40-meter-long transparent barrier sword appeared instantly, slashing hard on the sea, immediately cutting out a ravine hundreds of meters long and causing countless waves to explode!
"What do you think of this kind of strength?"
Basire's move stunned both Zoro and Kuro. They had never seen this move before. Is this the latest move that Basire has developed in the past two days?
However, this is too pretentious.
Don't pretend to be so relaxed, okay? Don't think we haven't seen you cross your fingers for a long time. You must have been accumulating strength for several seconds.
Indeed, no pirate ship can withstand the power of this sword.
And Nami's eyes were already shining after seeing it. The forty-meter sword was very long, cool and shocking. She felt that Cocoyashi Village was really going to be saved and Basire could definitely defeat Arlong!
"You are really much better than Krieg!"
"When I heard that the Big Daddy Pirates dared to attack the Krieg Pirates with just a few people, I already admired you a little and wanted to meet you."
"Now your powerful strength is as shocking as your courage. Please don't fail on your way to conquering the Grand Line, my new captain!"
Gin looked at Basire's terrifying destructive power, his pupils trembled, then he put his hands on the ground and bowed his head in surrender.
This man is stronger than Krieg. When he fought Krieg before, he didn't even show his full strength. He is really more suitable to pin his own ambitions.
Zoro next to him was also speechless. This Man-demon Gin, who was an incredibly loyal pirate before and had no betrayal in his mind, why did he surrender to Basire so quickly now?
Even Kuro couldn't understand it. Could it be that Gin's previous loyalty was just an act?
Shocked by Basire's cold-blooded life threat and terrifying strength, he was instantly exposed and fell to his knees on the spot.
"Then don't die on this road, I don't need weak people!"
When Basire heard that Gin had surrendered, he did not continue to assume a superior posture, but leaned over to pull him up and tidy up his bandages.
His attitude towards the enemy and the crew was completely different.
"I will, Captain!"
Seeing Basire, who had a ruthless face before, now smiling and helping himself up, Gin felt a little flattered, and even a little touched.
If Usopp were here, he would definitely sigh. This combination of stick and carrot is too smooth, Kuro was also conquered in this way before.
After Gin surrendered, he did not provoke or speak harsh words to Basire like Kuro and Eldoraggo, unknowingly saving himself from the punch full of Armament Haki that typically followed such behavior.
Gin is the same as Zoro. Once he joins, he will unconditionally trust the captain and resolutely execute any order, regardless of right or wrong!
"Nami, take the helm, go to Cocoyashi Village!"
Basire ordered the navigator Nami. He felt that since the Krieg Pirates, the overlord of East Blue, had been destroyed this time, the Big Daddy Pirates must have entered Marine's sight.
They need to leave East Blue and enter the Grand Line as soon as possible, otherwise they will be in great danger if they are targeted by the Marine!
"Yes! Captain!"
Nami shouted excitedly, she has waited for this day most of her life!
She will take her powerful partners back to destroy the Arlong Pirates and liberate her hometown!